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European countries there are many mulberry 

 trees three hundred years old. 



The Chinese are very systematic about the 

 pruning of their trees. LWhen the young trees 

 are planted, they are set five or six feet apart, 

 and cut down to eighteen inches above-ground. 

 When the new shoots appear, they are all cut 

 off, except two. Each year, the wood of the 

 previous year is cut off in feeding the worms. 

 Only two buds are left on each stem from year 

 to year. This style of cutting and pruning 

 gradually gives the tree the shape of an umbrella. 



The Chinese continue to reel and weave as 

 they did thousands of years ago. 



There are about two hundred looms employed 

 in weaving silk and velvet for the imperial 

 household. In A. D. 1889, on account of the 

 Emperor's marriage, there were three million 

 dollars 7 worth of silk goods manufactured. The 

 kind of silk made for royalty is forbidden to 

 all other classes of citizens. Those who weave 

 for the royalty of China get higher wages than 

 other weavers. Women and girls who weave 

 ribbons get eight to ten cents a day, with board 

 (boiled rice). Men get fifteen to twenty cents a 

 day, and the same board. 



.There are two principal kinds of silk manu- 

 factured in China. The "ling r " which has a thin 



